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July 16, 2013 at 6:50 pm
this is what i had to post on my FB page “I’ve had to “unfriend” a couple of people this week because of the Zimmerman trial. I have been tolerent of their posts, but the hatred and the racism is too much for me. One comment “I’m glad he’s dead”, another comment “shoot them all”. Are we back in another age? I’m not going to give my opinion on the outcome of the trial, because that is my own opinion and no one else’s but I will say this. A child is dead and a man will have to live with this his entire life. None of us were there. But to judge the way people are judging just astounds me. And the hatred, just turns my stomach. I have tried to live my life with one purpose in mind, treat others as you want to be treated. I’ll admit, being raised in the 50’s I’ve had my moments of racists thoughts, but I pull myself out of them, have never followed up on them, thank god, and move on to a better world, and it is a better world. But, and I repeat, I won’t put up with it on my wall. and then to the likes for my respnse “Thank you for the likes not sure I would get any I do get on my bandwagon sometimes but it’s only when something really hurts and this hurt my soul” I cannot stand the responses on FB so I deleted them hahahah
July 16, 2013 at 10:12 pm
“A child is dead and a man will have to live with this his entire life.”
You assume he cares.
Any of us who grew up then have dealt with that. As I said, I did grow up under Jim Crow. I also think I’ve grown out of it. I do have momentary emotional flashbacks, but I’m grown-up enough to recognize them for what they are. What excuse do those who have grown up since have?
The only one I can think of is that hate always sells, while love goes begging.
If you want your soul torn out, listen to this.
http://thisweekinblackness.com/2013/07/16/twibradio-447-zimmermantrial-verdict/
There’s even more at the site, if you can bear it.
July 16, 2013 at 10:58 pm
One more thought, spurred by your remark, “move on to a better world, and it is a better world.”
My father was a child of his time and place, but he was not a virulent racist; like most folks who grew up under Jim Crow, he accepted it as the way things should be. He and my mother, though, gave me the gift to be polite to everyone (I’ve posted elsewhere on this site some stories). I remember somewhere along the line, probably in the late 90s or early aughts (he died in 2005), he said, “I’m glad those days are over.” And he truly was.
He would not have wanted to bring them back, but many do.